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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hampstead 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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Table: ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME - Comparative figures 1961-1962

ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME - Comparative figures 1961-1962

Cause of Accident1961196219611962
L.C.C.Div.21County of London
Fall
On stairs1871781,119998
From ladder1425111101
From chair2116174149
Outside (i. e. windows balconies, roofs, etc.)4041217198
In garden1514227219
In bath131523
From one level to another (i. e. tables , boxes , beds)6569412434
On same level (i. e. in room over objects)144125920751
Unspecified4795553,2613,692
Hit by object2530202221
Cooking Stove (saucepans , water ,fats ,etc.)1818123136
Teapot264553
Other boiling water2323151179
Electric Shock633922
Poisoning (including foreign objects)4736338340
Gassing2541165192
Knife-like Wounds (including spikes and cuts from glass)4946337326
Fires2135178185
Windows (trapping)1154229
Suffocation251831
Not specified5439337328
TOTAL:-1,2491,3138,4318,607
Rate per 10,000 population25.526.826.527.1

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*Division 2 - Hampstead, Paddington, St. Marylebone, St. Pancras
and Westminster.